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[Solved]Why is this script erroring with an attempt to index a nil value?
I received help on this problem earlier and it helped sort of. Here is the code and error:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
local plrFolder = Instance.new("Folder", game.ServerStorage)
plrFolder.Name = plr.Name
local plrInfo = Instance.new("Folder", plrFolder)
plrInfo.Name = "PlayerInfo"
end)
-- in another script
local plrName = plr.Name
local plrInfo = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild(plrName):WaitForChild("PlayerInfo") -- this is what is erroring and I have no idea why, because it works in the playerremoving script. please help me understand what is going wrong.
-- the error is: "ServerScriptService.BoxDroppingScript:36: attempt to index a nil value"
Please help
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Give us the entire script please. ThatPreston 354 — 6y
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A Local Script can't access ServerStorage, only regular scripts can. Instead, use ReplicatedStorage, both local and server scripts can access it.
Server script:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
local plrFolder = Instance.new("Folder", game.ReplicatedStorage)
plrFolder.Name = plr.Name
local plrInfo = Instance.new("Folder", plrFolder)
plrInfo.Name = "PlayerInfo"
end)
Local Script:
local plrName = plr.Name
local plrInfo = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild(plrName):WaitForChild("PlayerInfo")
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But I am not trying to access it through a local script User#21908 42 — 6y